Lyrically Speaking - 2/21/08

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#1 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:10 am

Since I'm still up this late, I may as well go ahead and throw this game up. It's Theme Thursday, so you know what that means. Figure out the common bond between these 12 songs and win a prize!

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and 3 points for identifying the theme....

1. Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call

2. My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

3. Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame

4. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way

5. On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain - very strange.

6. Leavin' on a southern train
Only yesterday you lied,
Promises of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time go by

7. We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump right in...Ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine

8. In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past

9. Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone

10. Well we know where we're going
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowing
But we can't say what we've seen

11. I've been tryin' to get to you for a long time
Because constantly you been on my mind
I was thinkin' 'bout a shortcut I could take
But it seems like I made a mistake

12. In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too

Theme?

NellyLunatic1980 · #2 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:36 am

Spoiler

1. "Drive", the Cars
2. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Green Day
3. pass
4. "Creeque Alley", the Mamas and the Papas
5. "Penny Lane", the Beatles
6. pass
7. "Freeway of Love", Aretha Franklin... love this song
8. "Mainstreet", Bob Seger
9. "Electric Avenue", Eddy Grant
10. pass
11. pass
12. "Roundabout", Yes

they're all types of roads or other surfaces that you drive on

ToLiveIsToFly · #3 Post by **ToLiveIsToFly** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:29 am

Spoiler

1. Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call
Drive - The Cars

2. My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

3. Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame
?

4. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way
Creeque Alley - Mamas/Papas

5. On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain - very strange.
Penny Lane - the Beatles

6. Leavin' on a southern train
Only yesterday you lied,
Promises of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time go by
?

7. We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump right in...Ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine
Freeway of Love - Aretha

8. In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Main Street - Bob Seger

9. Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

10. Well we know where we're going
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowing
But we can't say what we've seen
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads. There was an unofficial movement to make this the new alma mater at Stevens Tech when I was there in the 80s. Needless to say the administration wasn't pleased.

11. I've been tryin' to get to you for a long time
Because constantly you been on my mind
I was thinkin' 'bout a shortcut I could take
But it seems like I made a mistake
?

12. In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too
Roundabout - Yes

Theme?
Driving and Roads

Rexer25 · #4 Post by **Rexer25** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:33 am

Spoiler

1. Who's gonna drive you home?

starfish1113 · #5 Post by **starfish1113** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:12 am

Spoiler

1. Drive - Cars
2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
3. Nope
4. Creeque Alley - Mamas and Papas
5. Penny Lane - Beatles
6. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots. I got the title of this only because I have figured out the theme.
7. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
8. Mainstreet - Bob Seger
9. Electric Avenue - Bob Seger
10. Nope
11. Nope
12. Nope

Theme - Types of roadways

MarleysGh0st · #6 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:16 am

Spoiler

5. On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain - very strange.

Penny Lane - The Beatles

megaaddict · #7 Post by **megaaddict** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:28 am

Spoiler

1. We Can't Go On?, Mike and the Mechanics?

5. Penny Lane, Beatles

8. Down On Main Street, Bob Seger

12. Roundabout, Yes

Theme? Traffic ?

mikehardware · #8 Post by **mikehardware** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:41 am

Spoiler

1. Drive - The Cars

5. Penny Lane - The Beatles

8. Down on Main Street - Bob Seger

Hmmm.... Theme: Driving, roads, cars.

minimetoo26 · #9 Post by **minimetoo26** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:01 am

Spoiler

littlebeast13 wrote:Since I'm still up this late, I may as well go ahead and throw this game up.

So THAT'S how you do your games! I thought I was the only one puking out the posts....

It's Theme Thursday, so you know what that means. Figure out the common bond between these 12 songs and win a prize!

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and 3 points for identifying the theme....

1. Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call

Drive, The Cars

2. My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day

3. Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame

Okay, I THINK it's called Every Highway. Something Highway. Gordon Lightfoot

4. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way

Very familiar

5. On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain - very strange.

Penny Lane, Beatles

6. Leavin' on a southern train
Only yesterday you lied,
Promises of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time go by

Semi-familiar

7. We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump right in...Ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine

Ridin' on the Freeway of Love, that's got to be Aretha I'm hearing. Franklin, in case you need a last name...

8. In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past

Main Street, Bob Segar. Again.

9. Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone

Electric Avenue, I can picture the guy. Caribbean accent. Eddie something.

10. Well we know where we're going
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowing
But we can't say what we've seen

WOOHOO!! Love this. Road to Nowhere, Talking Heads

11. I've been tryin' to get to you for a long time
Because constantly you been on my mind
I was thinkin' 'bout a shortcut I could take
But it seems like I made a mistake

Familiaresque

12. In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too

Roundabout, Yes

Theme?

Road Trip! Transportation. Travelling. DRIVE on a HIGHWAY, FREEWAY, LANE, STREET, whatever..

ghostjmf · #10 Post by **ghostjmf** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:08 am

Spoiler

3. Country Highway/James Taylor

4. Creeque Alley/The Mamas & the Papas

5. Penny Lane/The Beatles

Sir_Galahad · #11 Post by **Sir_Galahad** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:37 am

Spoiler

1. Drive - The Cars
2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
3. Carefree Highway - G. Lightfoot
4. Creeque Alley - Mamas & Papas
5. Penny Lane - Beatles
6. Interstate Love Song - STP
7.
8. Main Street - Bob Seger
9. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
10.
11. Expressway to Your Heart - Soul Survivors
12. Roundabout - Yes

Theme - Venues of Travel

mellytu74 · #12 Post by **mellytu74** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:48 am

Spoiler

1. Drive - The Cars
2. Nope
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Creque Alley - The Mamas & the Papas
5. Penny Lane - The Beatles
6. Nope
7. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
8. Down on Main Street - Bob Seger
9. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
10. Nope
11. Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors
12. Nope

Theme - Driving and places you can drive

mntetn · #13 Post by **mntetn** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:19 pm

Spoiler

1.
2.
3.
4. Creeque Alley, Mamas & Papas
5. Penny Lane, Beatles
6.
7. Freeway of Love, ______
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Theme? automobile travelways

(edited - forgot to spoilerize AGAIN!)

T_Bone0806 · #14 Post by **T_Bone0806** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:37 pm

Spoiler

1-Drive-The Cars
2-Boulevard of Broken Dreams-Green Day
3-Carefree Highway-Gordon Lightfoot
4-Creeque Alley-Mamas & Papas
5-Penny Lane-Beatles
6-
7-Freeway of Love-Aretha Franklin
8-Mainstreet-Bob Seger
9-Electric Avenue-Eddy Grant
10-Road to Nowhere-Talking Heads
11-Expressway to Your Heart-Soul Survivors
12-Roundabout-Yes

Theme: Various names for streets/areas we drive or live on.

mrkelley23 · #15 Post by **mrkelley23** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:27 pm

Spoiler

1. Drive -- The Cars
2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams -- Green Day
3. Carefree Highway -- Gordon Lightfoot
4. Creeque Alley -- Mamas and the Papas
5. Penny Lane -- The Beatles
6. Interstate Love Song -- velvet Revolver
7. Freeway of Love -- Aretha Franklin
8. Mainstreet -- Bob Seger
9. Electric Avenue -- Eddy Grant
10. Damn
11. Nope
12. Roundabout -- Yes

Theme -- things you drive on.

KillerTomato · #16 Post by **KillerTomato** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:32 pm

Spoiler

1. Drive - The Cars (Might this fit the theme twice)
2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (from what's still my favorite album of the last 5 years) - Green Day
3. Nope
4. Creeque Alley - The Mamas and the Papas
5. Penny Lane - The Beatles
6. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
7. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
8. Down on Main Street - Bob Seger
9. Electric Avenue - Eddie Grant
10. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
11. Nope
12. Roundabout - Yes

Theme? Hit the Road, Jack... These are all titled with various pavement-oriented words.

elwoodblues · #17 Post by **elwoodblues** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:36 pm

Spoiler

1. Drive - The Cars
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Creeque Alley - Mamas & the Papas
5. Penny Lane - Beatles
8. Main Street - Bob Seger
12. Roundabout - Yes

Theme: Streets

traininvain · #18 Post by **traininvain** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:28 pm

Since I'm still up this late, I may as well go ahead and throw this game up. It's Theme Thursday, so you know what that means. Figure out the common bond between these 12 songs and win a prize!

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and 3 points for identifying the theme....

Spoiler

1. Drive - The Cars

2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot

4. Creeque Alley - The Mamas and Papas

5. Penny Lane - The Beatles

6. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots

7. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin (I heard she hit a few dozen minks on that road)

8. Main Street - Bob Seger (isn't that two seger songs in consecutive days?)

9. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

10. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

11. Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors

12. Roundabout - Yes (we have 1 in our town, I hate it)

Theme? Roads, highways, freeways, expressways, town streets, interstates, backroads....

Somebody pinch me, two consecutive days of running the table.

fantine33 · #19 Post by **fantine33** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:48 pm

Spoiler

1. Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call

Drive - The Cars

2. My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

3. Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame

Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot

4. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way

Creeque Alley - Mamas and the Papas

5. On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain - very strange.

Penny Lane - Beatles

6. Leavin' on a southern train
Only yesterday you lied,
Promises of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time go by

7. We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump right in...Ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine

Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin

8. In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past

Main Street - Bob Seger (apparently edging out Van Halen for the Starplane Award of the Week)

9. Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

10. Well we know where we're going
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowing
But we can't say what we've seen

40 Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy feat. JJ Cale

11. I've been tryin' to get to you for a long time
Because constantly you been on my mind
I was thinkin' 'bout a shortcut I could take
But it seems like I made a mistake

12. In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too

Roundabout - Yes

Thanks for those lyrics, I think the top two lines are the only ones I know, except for the incessant "I'll be your roundabout". Am I the only person in history who can't stand Yes? Never could.

Theme? Places to drive and motor on and such

hermillion · #20 Post by **hermillion** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:48 pm

Spoiler

1.
2.
3. Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
4. Creque Alley - Mamas and Papas
5. Penny Lane - Beatles
6.
7. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
8. Mainstreet - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
9.
10.
11. Expressway to Your Heart - Soul Survivors
12. Roundabout - Yes

Theme - Roadways

TheConfessor · #21 Post by **TheConfessor** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:42 am

Spoiler

littlebeast13 wrote: 1. Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call
DRIVE -- THE CARS

2. My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA -- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

3. Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame
CAREFREE HIGHWAY -- GORDON LIGHTFOOT

4. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way
CREEQUE ALLEY -- MAMAS AND PAPAS

5. On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain - very strange.
PENNY LANE -- BEATLES

6. Leavin' on a southern train
Only yesterday you lied,
Promises of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time go by
VENTURA HIGHWAY -- AMERICA

7. We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump right in...Ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine
RIDE WIT ME -- NELLY

8. In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
BROOKLYN ROADS -- NEAL DIAMOND

9. Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME -- U2

10. Well we know where we're going
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowing
But we can't say what we've seen
THE ROAD TO NOWHERE -- TALKING HEADS

11. I've been tryin' to get to you for a long time
Because constantly you been on my mind
I was thinkin' 'bout a shortcut I could take
But it seems like I made a mistake
EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART -- SOUL SURVIVORS (POSSIBLY REDONE BY SOMEONE ELSE LATER

12. In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too
ROUNDABOUT -- YES

Theme?
DRIVING AND THE ROADS WE DRIVE ON

#22 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:08 am

1. Who's gonna pick you up
When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up
When you call
Drive - The Cars (The song I always most associate with starfish everytime I hear it....)

2. My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

3. Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot (I don't know why, but I like a lot of Lightfoot's songs, including this one, despite his music not particularly being among my favorite styles....)

4. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way
Creeque Alley - Mamas & the Papas

5. On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain - very strange.
Penny Lane - Beatles (I got asked back in the infamous -ane rhyming game [the one that introduced us to the legendary J.J. Cale] why I didn't use this song. Well, this is why... I already had it in this game....)

6. Leavin' on a southern train
Only yesterday you lied,
Promises of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time go by
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots

7. We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump right in...Ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine
Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin

8. In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Mainstreet - Bob Seger (I'm sure there's a good reason this title is one word instead of two, but I sure can't come up with why.....)

9. Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone
Electric Avenue - Eddie Grant

10. Well we know where we're going
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowing
But we can't say what we've seen
Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads

11. I've been tryin' to get to you for a long time
Because constantly you been on my mind
I was thinkin' 'bout a shortcut I could take
But it seems like I made a mistake
Expressway To Your Heart - Soul Survivors

12. In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too
Roundabout - Yes

Theme? - Names of different things to drive on - or something like that... it's a bitch to describe when I used just about every conceivable synonym for road in one of the songs above. But I was very generous on the theme answers, and if I could tell you knew the theme, you got the 3 points....

Points:

Nelly 19
TLITF 21
Rexer 1
starfish 19
Marley 2
megaaddict 6
mikehardware 9
mini 17
ghost 4
Sir G 23
melly 19
mntetn 8
TBone 25
mrkelley 22
KT 23
elwood 15
TiV 27 (I'm sending George Mitchell over to your place with a specemin cup!)
fanny 21
hermillion 17
Confessor 17

WWTBAM Bored

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